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Dec. 20, 1966 M. L. KLEIN ETAL 3,293,608

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INVENTORS.

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INVENTURS. MARTIN L. KLEIN HARRY C. MORGAN RICHARD B. RUSH ATTORNEY 1966 M. L. KLEIN ETAL 3,

HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 3 ANALoG SIGNAL ON CHANNEL ANALOG sIGNAL 602 ON CHANNEL TIME SERIAL 604 SAMPLING 603 U SERIAL SAMPLING 605 i *I0o MICROSECONDS FIG. 4

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HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 5 PULSES FROM I66 MASTER mm PROGRAMMING LOGICAL CIRCUITRY DIGITAL ANALOG ERROR To ANALOG //m INPUT AMPLIFIER CONVERTER FIG. 7

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HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet l2 PULSE SHAPER OUTPUT VOLTAGES INVENTORS.

MARTIN L. KLEIN HARRY O. MORGAN BY RICHARD B RUSH ATTORNEY 1966 M. L. KLEIN ETAL 3,

HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 15 no.2, v F

ANALOG LEVEL STANDARD VOLTAGE GENERATOR OUTPUT VOLTAGE FiG. l6

INVENTORS. MARTIN L. KLEIN HARRY G. MORGAN By RICHARD B. RUSH ATTORNEY Dec. 20, 1966 M. I KLEIN ETAL 3,293,608

HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 $heets-5heet 14 STANDARD VOLTAGE GENERATOR OUTPUT VOLTAGE FIG. I?

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HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 15 FIG. :9

INVENTORS.

MARTIN L KLEIN HARRY c. MORGAN BY RICHARD a. RUSH ATTORNEY Dec. 20, 1966 M. L. KLEIN ETAL 3,293,608

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HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 18 ODD BLOCKS EVEN 565 544 BLOCKS 5Tl 55B ELECTRONIC ALTERNATOR PRESET 407 5M5 DELAY seq COUNTER TIMING 0 5 589 592 TRACK DELI 5 /1 ENABLED BY 590 TIME FILTER FIG. 22

INVENTORS.

MARTIN L. KLEIN HARRY C. MORGAN BY RICHARD B. RUSH ATTORNEY Dec. 20, 1966 M. L. KLEIN ETAL HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 19 FIG. 23

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ATTORNEY Dec. 20, 1966 M. 1.. KLEIN ETAL 3,293,608

HIGH SPEED DATA CONVERSION AND HANDLING Filed April 17, 1957 21 Sheets-Sheet 20 INVENTORS. MARTIN L. KLElN 77| HARRY O MORGAN RICHARD B. RUS

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6. APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANALOG DATA FROM A PLURALITY OF SOURCES FOR DIGITAL COMPUTATION COMPRISING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY PRODUCING FIXED VOLTAGES MOMENTARILY RETAINING THE INSTANTANEOUS VALUE OF SUCCESSIVELY DIFFERENT ANALOG DATA AT SUCCESSIVE INSTANTS, MEANS FOR CONVERING EACH SUCH VOLTAGE INTO A DIGITAL CODE SIGNAL WHILE SUCH VOLTAGE IS MOMENTARILY RETAINED, TRANSCRIBING THE CODE SIGNALS, CONVERING THE SIGNALS INTO MAGNETIC IMPULSES AND MEANS FOR SUBJECTING A MAGNETIC TAPE TO SUCH IMPULSS TO RECORD THE SIGNAL. 